Total electric power to grid [MWe]

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26 Apr 2021 13:46 #9517 by Francisco
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Dear Paul,
First of all, thank you very much for answering my questions. I am simulating a CSP plant, but I don't know what the difference is between "Total electric power to grid [MWe]" and "Electricity to grid [kW]".
In my case, I have to:
System power generated [kW] = Electricity to grid [kW]
But why
Total electric power to grid [MWe]> Electricity to grid [kW]?
What is the difference? and why is one greater than the other?
Thanks once again,
Best regards,
Francisco

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26 Apr 2021 18:04 #9520 by Paul Gilman
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Hi Francisco,

The "Total electric power to grid" is the output of the power cycle before the "System Availability" losses on the System Control page are applied. By default, there is a 4% system availability loss, which explains the difference between the variables you list.

I agree that this is confusing. We will fix this for a future version of SAM.

Best regards,
Paul.

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